1. Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in WMO Samuel W. Muchemi Public Weather Services Programme

2. The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) An international standard format for emergency alerting designed for “all-hazards” and “all-media”, … cell phones, faxes, radio, television, digital communication networks … Enables simultaneous communication of alerts over many different alerting systems, thus increasing effectiveness while simplifying the alerting task 2

3. Congress and CAP World Meteorological Congress session ( Cg-15, 2007) endorsed adoption of a warnings Standard such as CAP for alerting Cg-17, 2015: o Reaffirmed the value of CAP o Encouraged Members to take advantage of the WMO CAP Jump-Start Offer o Encouraged dissemination of CAP messages through the Severe Weather Information Service (SWIC) o More guidance to Members on implementing CAP format o Technical assistance to Members

4. WMO Executive Council (EC) and CAP Acknowledged no formal funding for CAP activities (most work done through trust project funds) To raise level of CAP advocacy to benefit developing countries To encourage private sector collaboration Vendor-specific training support for freeware such as that used in the CAP Jump Start sessions To develop “WMO Alert Hub” for CAP warnings Including CAP in WMO Technical Regulations Publishing CAP articles technical journals CAP champions in more WMO languages Support from other Members, NGOs such as IFRCC

5. Implementation of CAP WMO through PWS programme assists Members through the «CAP Jump-start» arrangement o Experts visit NMHSs and provide training and freeware o LDCs and developing countries are supported There is a need for resources for advancing implementation of CAP 5 WMO CAP Jump-start (Link to more information)Link to more information

6. CAP Jump-Start Workshop, Vacoas, Mauritius, 31 August – 4 September 2015 WMO Organized 16 CAP-Jump Start workshops by PWS Programme

7. CAP Implementation by Country/Territory 7 CAP Implementation 1Implemented CAP systems that are operational19 2In the process of implementing CAP Systems23 3Customizing hazard alerts via the IFCR Universal program, which will leverage CAP alerting 58 4WMO in-country CAP Jump Start training16 5Requested WMO but not hosted CAP28 6Partners in Meteo Alarm35 7Implementing CAP via smart alert freeware from Finish Meteorological Institute 23

8. Local Alerts Platform (LAP) WMO been working with The Weather Company (TWC) to Develop the Local Alert Platform (LAP) Piloted in Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) Goal is to setup online environment where an alert authority can log in to edit CAP alerts LAP development slowed down since IBM purchase of TWC (decision on way forward by Q4 2016)

9. WMO Register of Alerting Authorities Purpose: To provide emergency managers, the media, other intermediaries and the public, an authoritative register of organizations authorized to issue alerts in each country PRs nominate editors to maintain respective country register pages For every alerting authority the Register shows the Object Identifier (OID),hazard categories authorized, the CAP URL, forecasts URL and Alerting Area WMO, through the PWS Programme has published the “Administrative Procedure for Registering WMO Alerting Identifiers” WMO/TD No. 1556 (Link to the publication)Link to the publication Publication to be updated to include OIDs for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRCC) worldwide

10. Example The Register page for the Meteorological Service of New Zealand

11. The WMO Alert Hub WMO working with NOAA to develop an alert hub for free service to all alerts from Members Hub planned to provide one-stop platform for alerts provided by authorized agencies/institutions Courtesy: Eliot Christian

12. The WMO Alert Hub Secretariat coordinating with Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) Expert Team on Products Innovation and Improvement (ET-SPII) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA in the development of the Hub ET/SPII also discussed displaying CAP messages on WWIS and SWIC Websites Meeting of ET/SPII, Exeter UK, July 2016

13. Participation of Members in WWIS 13 166 Members providing weather and climatological information for 1870 cities Page views: 1.67billion in latest 5 years, 50 million so far for 2016

14. WWIS available in Eleven Languages Arabic Chinese English French German Italian Korean Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish 14 The 5th Meeting of WWIS Language Hosts (Lisbon, Portugal, 2015)

15. The WMO World Weather Information Service (WWIS) Hosted and coordinated by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) Public weather services (PWS) Programme implementing Objectives o a centralized source of official weather by NMHSs for international media, tourism and the public o To enhance visibility of NMHSs, especially those of developing countries Links to the NMHS's websites 15

16. The WMO World Weather Information Service (WWIS) Available in website and mobile phone versions (Android and Apple platforms) To increase information availability by augmenting with NWP forecasts from ECMWF A weather widget is available for Members to include on their websites Link to forecasts on public server 16 The WWIS Widget

17. The Severe Weather Information Service (SWIC)

18. Background of SWIC To facilitate ready access of official information on severe weather produced by the NMHSs provides official TC warnings of all regions global o Heavy Rain/Snow o Thunderstorms o Cloudiness & Rain

19. Participating RSMCs and TCWCs Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMC): o Nadi-Tropical Cyclone Centre/Fiji Meteorological Service, Fiji o La Reunion-Tropical Cyclone Centre/Meteo-France, France o Tropical Cyclones New Delhi/India Meteorological Department, India o Tokyo-Typhoon Center/Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan o Miami-Hurricane Center, Honolulu Hurricane Center/National Hurricane Center, USA Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC): o Wellington/Meteorological Service of New Zealand, New Zealand o Port Moresby/National Weather Service, Papua New Guinea o Brisbane, Darwin,Perth/Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

20. Conclusion CAP well anchored in WMO policy through Congress, EC and CBS Funds for CAP advocacy and to assist developing and least developed countries WMO CAP jump start Hoping for LAP development The Alert Hub Display of CAP on WWIS and SWIC

21. Thank you Merci